Electric target.



No. 734,911. PATENTED J LY 28 1903 W. F. MANGELS. ELECTRIC TARGET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 25 1902 H0 MODEL.

. IN VENTOI? W/INESSES;

UNIT D STATES Patented July 28, loos,

PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. ANGELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ELECT-RIC TARGET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 734,911, dated July 28,1903. Application filed November 25, 1902. Serial No. 182,766. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. MANGELS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, Coney Island, borough ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Electric Target, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved electrictarget which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to soundan electric alarm whenever the bulls-eye is struck by a projectile, thealarm being automatically sounded a length of time governed by theimpelling force exerted by the projectile on the bulls-eye.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of theinvention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

' Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is atransverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged rear perspectiveview of the improvement, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged rear sectionalelevation of the same on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

The target shown in the drawings is a portable one and is mounted on astand A, supporting at its upper end an ornamental head B, preferablymade ring shape, on the front of which is secured a plate 0, covering anopening in the head B. On the plate 0 are formed the usual concentricrings and a central aperture 0, into which projects from the rear ametallic ball D, which forms the bullseye for the target-plate O, aswill be readily understood by reference to the drawings.

The bulls-eye ball D is mounted to travel on an inclined track E,arranged on the back of the target-plate O and preferably inclinedupwardly in a rearward direction, so that when the ball D is struck atthe front by the projectile it travels rearwardly and upwardly on thetrack E, and when the force of the projectile is spent then the ballruns down the track E by its own weight to again assume its normalposition by projecting into the cenplate.

The track E is preferably formed of three bars having their forwardportions E insulated for the ball D to rest on normally-that is, whenextending into the central aperture 0. The remaining portions of therods of the track E are made of metal and connected with each other attheir rear ends by a stopplaie E serving to prevent the ball fromleaving the track when forced rearward by a projectile, as previouslyexplained. The noninsulated or metallic portions of the rods of F,connected with the wires G of an electric circuit containing a source ofelectricity H, and an alarm I of any approved construction. The wires Gare preferably insulated and extend through a pipe A and the hollowstand A and preferably under the flooring to the place where the shooteris located.

Now when the bulls-eye ball D isstruck 'by the bullet or otherprojectile and passes from the insulated portions E of the track E tothe non-insulated parts thereof then the circuit is closed by thebnl1-eye ball being of metal and connecting the rods carrying thebinding-posts F with each other, so that the alarm I is sounded. Now thealarm remains in action as long as the ball travels on the non-insulatedportion of the track E-that is, until the ball has returned to theinsulated portion E, when the alarm ceases. Thus if the ball is struckin the'center it travels farther rearward on the track E, andconsequently the ball remains longer on the noninsulated portion of thetrack, and thus sounds the alarm for a longer period than when theballis only struck slightly at the side and travels but a short distancerearward on the track E. In the latter case the alarm is sounded for acomparatively short time only.

From the foregoing it will be seenthat the alarm is sounded a length oftime governed bulls-eye. Thus from the length of time the alarm I isringing the shooter can judge how fairly the bulls-eye was hit.

The device is very simple and durable in construction, not liable toeasily get out of I order, and automatically rings the alarm when thetrack E are provided with binding-posts by the impelling force of thebullet on thetral aperture 0 from the rear of the target l ICO thebnlls-eye is struck, and stops the electric alarm as soon as thebulls-eye returns to its normal position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An electric target having a target proper providedwith a movable part adapted to be moved from its normal position of restby a projectile, means for returning the mevable part to its normalposition of rest, and an electric alarm controlled by the said movablepart, the duration of the sounding of the said alarm being governed bythe travel given to the said target part, as set forth.

2. An electric target having bulls-eye arranged to travel when struck bya projectile, and to return when the impelling force of the projectileis spent and an electric alarm controlled by' the said bulls-eye, theduration of the sounding of the alarm being governed by the travel ofthe bulls-eye, as set forth.

3'. An electric target having a bulls-eye ball and an inclined track forthe said ball to travel on freely in a rearward direction hen struck bya projectile and to return by its own gravity when the impelling forceof the projectile is spent, as set forth.

4. An electric target comprising a ringplate having a central aperture,a ball bullseye for the central aperture,and an inclined track on therear of the ring-plate, for the ball bulls=eye to travel on rearwardlyand upwardly when struck by a buliet and to return by its own weight toposition in the aperture, as set forth.

5. An electric target comprising a ringplate having a central aperture,a ball bullseye for the central aperture, an inclined track on the rearof the ring-plate,for the ball bullseye to travel on rearwardly andupwardly when struck by a bullet and to return by its own weight toposition in the aperture, the forward portion of the track beinginsulated, and the non-insulated rear portion of the track formingcontact-plates, adapted to be connected with each other by the ballbullseye, and an electric alarm connected with the non-insulated rearportion of the track, as set forth.

6. An electric target comprising a ringplate having a central aperture,a ball bullseye for the central aperture, an inclined track on the rearof the ring-plate, for the ball bullseye to travel on rearwardly andupwardly when struck by a bullet and to return by its own weight toposition in the aperture, the forward portion of the track beinginsulated, and the non-insulated portion of the track formingcontact-plates, adapted to'be connected with each other by the ballbulls-eye, an electric alarm connected with the non-insulated rearportion of the track, and a stopplate at the rear end of the track, asset forth.

7. An electric target comprising a hollow stand having a head, aring-plate, having a central aperture, secured on the said head, a ballbulls-eye for the central aperture, an inclined track on the rear ofthering-plate, for the ball bulls-eye to travel on rearwardly and upwardlywhen struck by a bullet and to return by its own gravity to position inthe aperture, the forward portion of the track adjacent to the aperturebeing insulated, and the non-insulated rear portion of the track formingcontact-rods, adapted to be connected with each other by the ballbulls-eye, binding-posts on the non-insulated rear portions of thetrack, and an electric alarm having its wires connected with the saidbindingposts, the wires extending through the hollow stand, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM F. MAN GELS.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, EVERARD BoLToN MARSHALL.

